Punch bowl



B. V. BOOTH PUNCH BOWL March 15, 1927.

` Filed July 13, 1923 2 Sheets-Sheet l wue'nf L March 15 1927'. B. v. BOOTH PUNCH BOWL Filed July 13, 1925 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Patented Mar. i5, i927.

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Baarn .,v. Hoorn, or Annen, omo.l

' runen sown.

Application filed July 13, i923. Serial No. 651,20?.

-This invention relates to liquid containers and is herein shown as embodied in a'punch bowl, but this invention in many 'of its `features is not limited to containers of this particulartype but may readily be adapted to containers of various types. v

Abroad :teature of the present invention consists in a novel organization and arrangement ofl a cooling system with a punch bowl whereby the liquid contained therein .will be automatically cooled in an eflicient and eilective manner.

One of the objects of the invention is to provide aneilicient substitute for the usual outlet pipe 36, both the inlet and outlet 70 snownbank which is used not only to keep the contents of the punch bowl chilled, but to add to the attractiveness of the display 'and thus assistin the sales of the punch. An. objection to the usual snow bank has been the consequent melting of the snow which has rendered it somewhat expensive and unsuited for location in certain places, such .as for example, in` department stores. By my invention', however, a snow bank is maintained about the punch bowl Without the, disadvantages of the melting ice or snow.

.These and many yother important features of this invention will appear. from the following description read in conjunction '30 with the accompanying drawingsv and will be particularly pointed out in the claims.

, In the drawings: y

Figure 1 is a side elevation of the bowl selected to illustrate this invention;

Figure 2I is a plan View` thereof;

x Figure 3 is a vertical section on line 3-3 of Figure '2; and l Figure 4 is a horizontal section' on line 4`-4of Figure 3, part ot the bowl being shown in plan.. I f

The illustrated punch bowl comprises a' Vsupporting tray 2l1'avii1g a bottom 4, a base rim 6 and ,concavo-eonvex Y sides 8 iared outwardly to provide4 an enlarged mouth l0 at the top of the tray. Within the tray and spaced from the sides and bottom kthereof is an inner wall l2 sealed to the sides of the tray at v14 to forman aix-tight compartment 16 which serves as a heat insulator for a purpose to be presently apparent. A `spacerlolock`v '18 is located between the inner wall 12 and the bottom 4 ofthe tray.

f Centrally located within the supporting tray 2 is a bowl shaped liquid cooling ves.-

sel 20 of any suitable material, whichmay be glass to give color to the frost bank F. The top of the vessel is closed by semi-circular cover plates 22 suitably hinged at 24 to a stationary cross bar .26.' Extending downwardly from the bottom 28 of the cool- 60 lng vessel is a circular base :flange 30 adapted to' support the vessel above the tray 2. Spirally arranged around the sides of the 'vessel 2O is a cooling coil 32 through which 65 a suitable cooling mediumy is forced, the latter being led intoV the coil by an inlet pipe 34 connecting with a convenient source of supply and leaving the coil through an pipes extending through `suitable apertures provided in the bottom of the supportingy tray. The'coil 32 is supported by a pluirality of metallic plates y36 to which ythe turns of the coil are soldered, the plates 'i5 belng secured to the inner surface of the tray in` any suitable manner.

Completely surrounding the coils and cooling vessel and spaced therefrom is an enclosure 38 consisting of a plurality of 80 arc-shaped glassfplates 40 having 'the adjacent edges thereof spaced, as at42, to afford passageways for the admission of air to the coils. The glass lplatesf40 are retained in position by upper'and lower re- S5 taining rims 44 semi-circular 'in ycross-section and arrangedjv to receive the plates therebetween, the bottom' retaining rim be` ing supported upon thenner surface of the tray 2.

The top of the enclosure 38 is covered by a glass plate 46, preferably formed in two sections 48 and 50 connected togetherv by suitable straps 52. lThe coverplate 46 has a central opening 54 formed therein of suiii- 05 `cient size 'to snugly receive the cooling vessel 20, the inner edges of the plate being adapted to engage the liange rim 56 on the top of the vessel. The cover plate 46 is supported by the side plates 4Q, a plurality 100 of distance members 48 being interposed between the under surface of the plate and the plates to elevate the :former and provide passages for the entrance of air to. the coils.

From the above description it will be evi, 105 dent that the' temperature of'the cooling vessel will be maintainedl at a low point through the medium ofthe cooling coils 32. rFhe vessel 20 and cooling coils 32 are substantiallycompletely surrounded by insulatprovision Iis made by which the products ,Y

of condensation are removed. .A central opening 60 is formed in the bottom of the tray 2 and the spacer block 18 to receive a drain pipe 62. Above theopening 60 uponl the inner surface of the tray is a deflecting member 6l havingA its sides 66 secured to the bottom of the tray 2 to effectively prevent the entrance of Warm air through the drain pipe. The bottom edge of the deflecting member 64 is provided with a plurality' of slots 68 through which the condensation products Within the enclosure 38 escape to the drain pipe. The member 6a has an additional unctionot serving to lo- `catey the vessel relative to the supporting tray by engagement 'with the base flange 30 of the cooling vessel.

It will. be observedthat by enclosi'ncthe bowl-andthe lcoils within glass the lrost,

indicated by `the letter l1", 'will be entirelyy protected from drafts which tend to melt it away, while between the glass pieces and under the cover 46 permit access of suicient air to louild up the frost bank which shows through the glass and gives a cool and attractive appearance t0 punch bowl. lt is unnecessary to provide the usual snow hanlr` and the same or a better etl'ect is obtained.

.l have herein disclosed my invention in connection; withyfone embodiment thereof,-

selected for illustrative purposes only. bviously, my invention is not restrictedto this .particular embodiment.

Having described 'my invention, whatl l claim as new` and desire to secure hy Letters Patent ofthe `UnitedStates is: l

l. A .punch bowlhaving. a cooling com- Ipartment, an enclosure surrounding said compartment and spaced therefrom, and a cooling coil within said enclosure surrounding the compartment, said' enclosure being provided .with air inlets.

2. A punch bowl' having a cooling compartment, and an enclosure `surrounding said compartment and spaced therefrom, said enclosure comprising a plurality of arcshaped sections having air passageways between the ad'acent sections.

` 3. A punc bowl having a cooling compartment, a sectional enclosure surrounding the slight apertures providedk said compartment and spaced therefrom, and a cooling coil Within the enclosure and surrounding the compartment, the sections ofy the enclosure being spaced to ai'o-rd passage- Ways therein. y f

4:. A punch bowl-having a 'cooling 'com- Vpartment, an insulating enclosure surrounding said compartment and spaced therefrom, and a cooling coil within said enclosure, the said enclosure being provided with air passages in the top and sides thereof.

- 5. Avpunch bowl having a cooling compartment, a tray adapted to receive and support said compartment, a protecting enclosure surrounding said compartment, vand a cooling coil carried by 'said tray and adapted to encircle said compartment, the saidfenclosure being provided with aplurality of air inlets.

(i. punch bowl comprising a support, a cooling compartment mounted on said support, an enclosure resting' on said support and surrounding said compartment, said enclosure consisting oit a cover plate provided with a central opening to receive the cooling compartment and a plurality or side sections, the said sections heing spaced from one another and from the cover plate, a spiral cooling coil within the enclosure and encircling the cooling compartment, means for supporting the cooling coil, and a drain pipe extending through thelcottomor 'the support..

i'. A punch bowl comprising a supporting tray, an insulating' jacket Within said tray, a cooling compartment centrally mounted within the tray,r an enclosure surroundingl said compartment and spaced therefrom,

said enclosure including a plurality of arcshaped side plates resting upon the inner surface or the supporting tray, retainingy rims having recesses therein to receive the top and bottom edges or the plates, the said .side plates being spaced from one another, a top cover plate, means for spacing the cover plate from the side plates, espiral lil@ cooling coil within the enclosure and sur- .rounding the cooling compartment, a plurality of arms lor supportingy the said coil, a drain pipe extending through the bottom of the supporting tray, and means for covering the drain pipe, said latter means being., provided with passa'gewaysv connecting the enclosure with the drain pipe.

8. A punch howl having a cooling com- Y pertinent, an enclosure surrounding said compartment, means located within the enclosure lor chilling it, there being provided means to maintain a humid gas in the interior oil the enclosure whereby a frost bank will be formed therein. 4

9. A. punch bowl having a `cooling compart'ment, an enclosure surrounding said compartment and spaced therefrom, means ico to chill the air within the enclosure and means for maintaining a humid. as in the interior of the enclosure so that a rost bank will accumulate therein.

10. A- punch bowl comprising a tray, a heat insulating means in the base` of the tray, a `bowl located ,within the tray, an enclosure supported upon the tray and surrounding but spaced from the bowl, a cooling coil within the enclosure, said coil having inlet and outlet pipes passing through the bottom of the tray, means for maintaining a humid gas about said coil, and a cover ibove the enclosure and 'surrounding the iowl.

11. In Va dispensing device, outer und inner bowls and a refrigerating coil about the inner bowl, and a transparent casing/about said coils.

12.111 a dispensing device, outer and inner bowls and a refrigerating coil about the inner bowl, and a transparent casing about said1 coils, said casing resting in said outer bow 13. The combination witlia counter and a dispensing bowl, of a refrigerating coil, enclosing the sides of said bowl, and a transparent casing forming a refrigerating charnber about said bowl.

14. Inl a dispensing device, a counter, outer and inner bowls thereon, -said outer bowl, serving to receive the drip' from the inner bowl, a refrigerating coil about said inner bowl, chamber enclosing said coils, and means for maintaining a low degree of temperature in said coils. V i l 15. A liquid chilling device having a rcccptacle for the storage of liquid, an enclosure surrounding the receptacle but spaced therefrom to provide a cooling compartment, and coils located within the compartment,

said coils being adapted forthe circulationv of a refrigerant, there being provided means to maintain a humld gas 1n the interior of the compartment whereby alfrost bank will be formed upon the exterior of the coils.

BERYL V. BOOTH.

a transparent refrigerating 

